Venice, Italy

Sailing (slowly) into the city along the canals with 100s of boats whizzing past and guided by a tug was astounding. At one point it appeared that our ship overran the tug guiding us.

 Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.




 We were shown the water seeping up through the concrete in the square. The first floors are used for storage only now. There are only 54,000 people living in Venice itself, which swells to overwhelming with the 3 million tourists.


  I went on a 4 1/2 hour walking tour which was 2 km with 500 steps. We started by the Court House beside the' Bridge of Sighs' perhaps because the convict had received a death sentence.

St .Mark's Basillica inside.

 

The churches in every town were amazing.

There were many stores with lace, including umbrellas, masks and the Murano glass works with everything you couldn't even imagines.This horse was in the entrance.

 These are the nameplates and doorbells, how old? at the front of thebuilding.

 The streets are so narrow, the guide was continually saying, move to the right please.

And the Bridge of Love with the locks attached and the keys thrown into the canal.

 Sailing away, I saw a bridal couple having pictures done on the wharf.

And the locals were fishing for dinner.

Loved Venice. Tonights entertainment was the Beattles Invasion and it was so good, you thought you were back there in 1962.